Conducting an Environmental Audit
The Audit Report should include:
- An Executive Summary
- Introduction and background to the audit
- Audit scope and objectives
- Description of audit approach and methodology
- Summary of audit findings and recommendations
- Conclusions
In particular, the findings summary should comprise the followings:
- Status of compliance with environmental legislative requirements
- Status of conformity with internal environmental policies, procedures and guidelines
- Status of good environmental practices implementation
- Level of staff awareness of operational issues relating to environmental performance
- Overall status of environmental performance
- Recommendations for environmental performance improvement
Include the following parties on the circulation list:
- The Audit Management Committee
- Senior audit site management
- Site Facilitator(s)
- Site personnel with responsibilities for implementing the major recommendations
- Other parties included on the agreed circulation list
- Incorporate or resolve all comments received before producing the Final Report
- Issue the report to the Audit Management Committee and site senior management for endorsement
Output
Final Audit Report addressing
- Environmental Legislation compliance status
- Departmental environmental policies,procedures and guide lines conformity status
- Status of current environmental performance
- Recommendations for performance improvement
